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Introduction: The association between magnesium level and progression to acute kidney disease (AKD) in acute kidney injury (AKI) patients was not well studied. With AKI transition to AKD, the burden of the disease on mortality, morbidity, and healthcare costs increases. Serum magnesium disturbances are linked with a decline in renal function and in...
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Background: Early identification of dysfunctional arteriovenous haemodialysis (HD) vascular access (VA) is important for timely referral and intervention. Method: We retrospectively calculated VA risk score using Vasc-Alert surveillance software technology from HD treatment sessions in 2 satellite HD units over 18 months. We included in the analysi...
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We describe our experience with kidney biopsy in small kidneys at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez in Mexico City. In this description of 25 cases, we demonstrate that PKB in small kidneys is a safe procedure, and complications do not differ from PKB in normal-sized kidneys. We also demonstrated that PKB of small kidneys results...
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Lifelong immunosuppression, cytotoxic effects of some immunosuppressive drugs, and opportunistic oncogenic viruses increase malignancy risks in solid organ recipients. The risk of myeloid neoplasms including chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is also increased in this patient population. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), the key element of CML therapy...
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Hereditary xanthinuria (HXAN) is a rare metabolic disorder that results from mutations in either the xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) or the molybdenum cofactor sulfurase genes (MOCOS), respectively defining HXAN type I and type II. Hypouricemia, hypouricosuria, and abnormally high plasma and urine levels of xanthine, causing susceptibility to xanthine...
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Objective: Myostatin, which is known as a negative skeleton muscle regulator, is associated with mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients. However, the significance of serum myostatin concentrations at dialysis initiation has not been established. We investigated the relation between serum myostatin concentrations and mortality or hospitaliza...
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Although glomerular damage caused by diabetic nephropathy was thought to be irreversible, in recent years, there have been reports on improvement in glomerular damage with strict glycemic control. However, few reports are available on the pathologic course after renal transplantation of donor-derived grafts with findings of diabetic nephropathy. A ...
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Aims: Hospital readmissions due to recurrent fluid overload in diabetes and diabetic kidney disease can be avoided with evidence-based interventions. We aimed to identify at-risk patients who can benefit from these interventions by developing risk prediction models for readmissions for fluid overload in people living with diabetes and diabetic kidn...
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Medullary sponge kidney (MSK) is a description of radiographic features. However, the pathogenesis of MSK remains unclear. MSK is supposed to be the cause of secondary distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA), although there are case reports suggesting that MSK is a complication of primary dRTA. In addition to these reports, we report 3 patients with m...
